No military solution to conflict in Libya: UN

‘The United Nations envoy to Libya says “there is no military solution” to the conflict in the North African country where rivals fail to “win a war”.

Bernardino Leon said on Tuesday that many of the competing factions in the country were “strong enough to go to war, not strong enough to win a war.”

Leon made the remarks in an address to the US-Islamic World Forum held in Doha, Qatar, adding that a meeting among Libyan parties and political leaders will commence in Algeria on Wednesday.

He noted that he believed 75 percent of political leaders in the war-ravaged country wanted peace.’

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